ExiledInIllinois Posted September 10, 2005 Posted September 10, 2005 Interesting articles in the current issue of Forbes. Buffalo ranks 25 for team valuation. Its debt/value is fourth lowest in the league behind GB, OAK, and NYG. Operating income is at 36 million for the Bills. OAK's is so low at 7.8 million, just over a 1/2 the next lowest (NYJ). Business of Football Also, interesting article about the Pats. Kraft It opens with: For Robert Kraft it all started in 1971 on the cold, hard metal benches of a sad-sack football stadium in Foxboro, Mass. "Section 217, row 23, seats one through six," says the Boston-born businessman, who would bundle up his four boys and a few of their friends to watch the Patriots lose another game on Sunday afternoons. They would squeeze eight or nine butts into his six season-ticket seats. "We were fans; we knew all the tricks," says Kraft, 64. It hardly mattered how many people sneaked in: The Patriots never sold out Foxboro (then called Sullivan Stadium) and lost hundreds of games on the field and millions of dollars off of it. "I used to sit on those benches and dream about what I would do if I owned the team," he says. I find it funny that some can talk about stuff like this in nostalgic terms. Instead of squeezing butts and a laugh at the expense of the Sullivan brothers, today the squeeze is on the wallet of season ticket holders. Throw in PSL's and it isn't even funny. These articles make me glad to be a Bill's fan. Thanks Ralph!
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